Ethnic Identity as Social Curse: Intergenerational Transmission of Historical Trauma
Turjanmaa, Elina; Finell, Eerika; Tolvanen, Asko (2025-03-26)
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Turjanmaa, Elina
Finell, Eerika
Tolvanen, Asko
John Wiley & Sons
26.03.2025
Turjanmaa, E., Finell, E. and Tolvanen, A. (2025), Ethnic Identity as Social Curse: Intergenerational Transmission of Historical Trauma. J Community Appl Soc Psychol, 35: e70094. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.70094
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© 2025 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Turjanmaa, E., Finell, E. and Tolvanen, A. (2025), Ethnic Identity as Social Curse: Intergenerational Transmission of Historical Trauma. J Community Appl Soc Psychol, 35: e70094 which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.70094. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-202504152660
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-202504152660
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Abstract
High ethnic identification is known to support well-being. In the context of historical trauma, however, a sense of belonging to a persecuted community can contribute to social curse processes. This study explores the relationship between ethnic identity and mental distress among second- and third-generation Ingrian women with a family history of displacement and ethnic persecution. It analyses the intergenerational transmission of historical trauma by investigating whether mothers' stronger ethnic identities contribute to daughters' greater mental distress, and whether this relationship is more pronounced in mother-daughter pairs where a mother knows more than her daughter about the family's traumatic past. We analyse dyadic data from 94 mothers (i.e., second generation, Mage = 64.9 years, SD = 9.8) and 94 daughters (i.e., third generation, Mage = 36.8 years, SD = 12.2) using the actor-partner interdependence model and the structural equation modelling framework. We find a positive relationship between a mother's ethnic identity and both her own mental distress and that of her daughter, a relationship intensified when a mother knows more than her daughter about the family's traumatic past. Our findings demonstrate the intergenerational carryover of collective victimisation. They also suggest that knowledge of past events can hinder intergenerational social curse processes and the transmission of historical trauma.
High ethnic identification is known to support well-being. In the context of historical trauma, however, a sense of belonging to a persecuted community can contribute to social curse processes. This study explores the relationship between ethnic identity and mental distress among second- and third-generation Ingrian women with a family history of displacement and ethnic persecution. It analyses the intergenerational transmission of historical trauma by investigating whether mothers' stronger ethnic identities contribute to daughters' greater mental distress, and whether this relationship is more pronounced in mother-daughter pairs where a mother knows more than her daughter about the family's traumatic past. We analyse dyadic data from 94 mothers (i.e., second generation, Mage = 64.9 years, SD = 9.8) and 94 daughters (i.e., third generation, Mage = 36.8 years, SD = 12.2) using the actor-partner interdependence model and the structural equation modelling framework. We find a positive relationship between a mother's ethnic identity and both her own mental distress and that of her daughter, a relationship intensified when a mother knows more than her daughter about the family's traumatic past. Our findings demonstrate the intergenerational carryover of collective victimisation. They also suggest that knowledge of past events can hinder intergenerational social curse processes and the transmission of historical trauma.
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